Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 61, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 July 1925 — Page 2

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DRIVERS HELP WOMAN HIKER (Continued From Page 1) slowed up to ask if I would like a ride. I would. The younger of the two alighted to assist me into the front seat. With them I rode through Clermont and was feeling lucky on account of ha ving a nice ride with two such agreeable companions who explained to n;o the advantage of night crawlers for bait when bang, the Ford acted up. Maybe a crawler mistook the gas pipe for his hole in the ground. Anyway old Lizzy moved only by fits and starts •necessitating that she be steered into the repair shop to have her gas pipe blown out. Just Her Luck It was just my luck, but Brownsburg was the next town and I intended to get there. I was hiking for dear life, when a car passed me, slowed down and I heard a cherry voice sing out: “Might as well ride lady if you care to. I am going to Brownsburg, if you wish to ride that far you are as welcome as the flowers in May." It did not take me long to assure the gentleman that I would consent. Neither did we waste anytime telling each other who w-e were. I talked first, which was a good thing for my woman nature, for it was the only chance I got. When I stopped for breath he thought it was his turn. “My nam is Gladden,” he began. "I gladden the hearts of the hikers by giving them a lift. I live here in Brownsburg, the Ireland of Indiana and the best little city in the State. We call it Ireland because so many retired Irish live there. If you live around here of course you think Brownsburg hasn’t grown none this last year. | I’ll admit the town has had a setback since we pat the waterworks in, but Brownsburg is recovering and in another year it will be growing fast as ever. High Taxes “IKs the high taxes that sets a town back when the improvements come. Over there is the standpipe, lady, for the waterworks. You can see it good when we round this curve. I am In the real estate business and all us fellows are progressive and like improvements, but I admit they are Em expense and for the time being a drawback to a town. “This is Brownsburg. You are perfectly welcome for the ride, lady. That is my office over there. That is my sign over the door and my name. Over that way is the town pump, the only one left now. The other went dry when they struck the vein putting in the waterworks. That is the druggist’s wife pumping over there now.”

Town pump at Brownsburg. Mrs. C. B. Hollett pumping.

I was glad to get to Brownsburg. I had reached a goal and as the sun was high I stopped to take a few pictures, then journeyed across the covered bridge and up the hill toward the next town. I had walked about a mile when car numbered 535-193, driven by a very smiling young man who had two young ladies for companions came along. The young man invited me to join them. From the smile on all their faces I judged the young man had" a bet with the girls that he dared ask me. Vacation Time It was vacation time and one of the young ladies was going to her home on a farm near Pittsboro. When I alighted from that car I trudged along, thinking that Indiana people are certainly real folks. I had covered considerable ground, had had many lifts, by cars numbered 20-400, 476,933, 502,829 and others. In this mood I passed a quaint, vine-covered cottage on the left side of the road about two miles beyond Pittsboro, toward Lizton. Its appearance marked it as an interesting place. I was tired and thirsty, so ventured to walk to the door and knock. A gentle old lady, Mrs. .Tennie Jackson, and her daughter Ethel greeted me. I was invited iq The house is built of logs but weatherboarded and the fact is not noticeable from the outside. The living room contains the largest fireplace I have seen. It takes a sixfoot log. The original floor is still in use and the boards, fully ten Inches In width, speak for the age of • the builiffng. The living room has the old fashioned beamed ceiling and scattered here and there throughout the house are odd of old furniture. A night table which Mrs. Jackson modestly says is not very old, not more than seventy-five or a hundred years, she supposed, is in the living room. Rare Furniture A dresser of rare design with carved fruit handles oft the draws can be seen in the hallway. An old organ of the treasured Peloubt and

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Pelton make, was also among the heirlooms. From the back kitchen where she had them carefully covered, Miss Jackson brought two Windsor chairs, one of which had been given her grandfather by the former owner of the farm. It is true the chairs now blaze forth in red paint, but the style and the WOtkS bespeak plainly of their age.

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Mrs. Jennie Jackson and daughter Ethel with antique chairs.

Only a few hours before I had left the strife and struggle of a big city and here within a few miles of that city I had found that dear old lady and her daughter living quietly and contentedly among their flowers and their antique furniture, furniture which would be coveted by many a collector but which to them were just ordinary things that father had used, but priceless in their memories. Truly my call at the Jackson home had been a restful one and It was with a sense of appreciation for the look I had had into their peaceful lives that I turned from the home back into the hurry burly of the highway. I decided to make Crawfordsville by night. This ambitious Idea had just possessed me when I noticed the clouds in the sky and heard a claj) of thunder, but I arrived at Crawfordsville In spite of the storm and will tell you all about it tomorrow.

DEMOCRATS AND ELROD IN SPLIT Indiana Man and Party Organ Part. Times Washinoton Bureau. 1322 New York Avenue. WASHINGTON, July 23.—Milton Elrod’s retirement from the National Democrat, predicted two weeks ago when the magazine failed to come from the press, today became an established fact. Elrod’s Indiana Klan connections were too heavy a burden for the new party organ to bear. He is still financially interested in the paper but only until such time as his Interests can be turned over to some other publisher. Robert T. Scott, Washington lawyer, is seeking Democrats who are wiping to invest in the paper and make it a real national Democratic organ. Until he succeeds, no more issues will be printed.

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MRS.KRAUSSON WAYTOFATHER (Continued From Page 1) was announced Wednesday that she would not leave the prison until today. “If a woman has ever repented, it is Mrs. Krauss,” said Mrs. Healing. “She left as a true Christian woman, I believe and will do her best to right the wrong she has done. “She was out feeding the chickens when we called her in to tell her the news. She loved her feathered friends, as she called them. “She had two Canaries in her cell and she told Miss Elliott that she wanted them to stay in prison and expressed the hope that the songsters would bring cheer to the hearts of other prisoners as they had done for her. I believe she will be worthy of the absolute pardon granted her. She told me she was going to Buffalo and devete herself to the care of her father, who is past 80. She is a beautiful seamstress—an artist with the needle. > To Aid Father “She hopes to earn her livelihood that way. During all her time here she has sewed and embroidered to earn money to be sent to care for her father. She has few marks cf the prison—if there is any at all, it is her timidity. But her poise is wonderful and she has a smile for everyone. She was a wonderful influence to other girls in the prison.” Wednesday evening she marched with other prisoners for her last meal in the State prison. Prison officials had made all arrangements for her departure. Her clothing and personal effects were packed for her. She was dressed In a dar kblue suit, with a close-fitting hat, and she was provided with anew traveling bag. The State gave her $5. Shortly before time for “lights out” in the great prison, the automobile containing friends whiskod up the prison driveway and Mfs. Krauss was told that freedom was at hand. It was goodby to the pale blue room which had been her home for a score of years—a pale blue room with a dresser, bed, washstand and chair. Makes Farewells It was goodby to old friends in the prison. They all were glad to hear that she was to be free again and yet they were sorry to see' her go. Mrs. Krauss left the prison without the tell-tale pallor, they said. For six years she has been outdoors, because she was a model prisoner. Her health has been good, and she did not look her forty-six years with her smooth skin, although her hair, golden when she entered prison, is partly gray. State board of pardon records show Mrs. Krauss’ pardon to be an absolute one. The Krauss case was never formally docketed by the board, officials said. Members Concurred The three members of the board, Dr. Frank L. Hovis, A. D. Thomas and Caleb S. Denny individually ap-

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proved the pardon on request of Governor Jackson. Governor Jackson took the final step In the matter when he approved granting her liberty. Mrs. Krauss entered the prison in October, 1904, following conviction of first degree murder at Hartford City. Asa young and pretty wife of twenty-five* she was jealous of the attentions her husband W. R. Krauss paid to his daughter Crystal. She put poison in the 18-year-old girl’s food. The girl died after a lingering battle with death. Mrs. Krauss was arrested on suspicion and later confessed the crime. Her husband divorced her three years later. He is a grocer at Ft. Wayne now and has remarried.

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‘lnhuman Ogress’ Slugs Guards in Courtroom. Bv United Press NEW YORK, July 23.—Mrs. Helene Geisen-Volk, denounced as a negress so Inhuman that she throttled little babies with her powerful hands and permitted others to freeze or die of malnutrition, started a term of three and a half to seven years In Auburn prison today. She kicked, screamed and slugged two muscular male guards during the ceremony Wednesday when she appeared before a New York judge for justice. Finally she was subdued and led away. She was charged with manslaughter. A cmirt report insisted fifty-one babies died of unnatural causes on her baby farm. DUEL FATAL TO TWO Pair Fight to Death, After Quarrell About Lovo Aflair. 8 1/ United Press HENDERSON, Ky., July 23.—A duel to death in a lonely fishing camy near here claimeh the lives of both participants, police learned t°* day.’ John W. Bratcher, 30, Henderson, shot James Shuck, farmer of near Geneva when the latter demanded he go with him to see Allie Thomas, Schudk’s rival for the affections of Edna Sparks, a widow. Struck in the forehead. Schuck fired at Bratcher, the bullet shattering the latter’s brain. He died Instantly. Shuck lived an hour. Each man fired one shot.

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